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Robert Shayne (October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992), born Robert Shaen Dawe, was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years. He was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series Adventures of Superman.
Shayne became an actor after having worked as a reporter at the Illustrated Daily Tab in Miami, Florida. His initial acting experience came with repertory companies in Alabama, including the Birmingham Players.
Shayne's first Broadway appearance came by 1931 in The Rap. His other Broadway shows include Yellow Jack (1934), The Cat and the Canary (1935), Whiteoaks (1938), with Ethel Barrymore, and Withou…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Shayne (October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992), born Robert Shaen Dawe, was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years. He was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series Adventures of Superman. Shayne became an actor after having worked as a reporter at the Illustrated Daily Tab in Miami, Florida. His initial acting experience came with repertory companies in Alabama, including the Birmingham Players. Shayne's first Broadway appearance came by 1931 in The Rap. His other Broadway shows include Yellow Jack (1934), The Cat and the Canary (1935), Whiteoaks (1938), with Ethel Barrymore, and Without Love (1942), with Katharine Hepburn. Shayne began his film career in 1934, appearing in two features. In 1942, he became a contract actor with Warner Bros.. He played many character roles in movies and television, including a film series of Warner Bros. featurettes called the "Santa Fe Trail" series such as Wagon Wheels West, and as a mad scientist in the 1953 horror film The Neanderthal Man. He appears briefly in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, seated at a booth in a hotel bar, where his character meets Cary Grant's character, just as the latter is about to be kidnapped. He also had a small but pivotal role in the 1953 sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars as a scientist. He also enjoyed a brief rebirth in his career when he was cast as the blind newspaper vendor in The Flash television show. He was by this time actually blind and learned his lines by having his wife read them to him and then rehearse until he memorized them. Shayne portrayed Police Inspector William "Bill" Henderson on the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman. He appeared sporadically in the early episodes of the series, in part because he came under HUAC scrutiny and was briefly blacklisted on unproven and unspecific charges of association with Communism. As the program evolved, especially in the color episodes, he was brought into more and more of them, to the point where he was a regular on the series.
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BODY OF WORK
Robert Shayne's Filmography
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The Naked Monster
as Prof. Bradshaw
The Gentleman Tramp
as (voice)
The Four Deuces
as Vince
The Specialist
as Chairman Hopkins
The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as U.S. Senator (uncredited)
Cool Breeze
as Dr. Fields, Gynocologist (uncredited)
The Priest Killer
as Father Adam Wendell
The Million Dollar Duck
as Refinery Executive (uncredited)
The Barefoot Executive
as Sponsor
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Winning
as Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Runaway Girl
as Walter Quillen
A Tiger Walks
as Governor's Advisor
Son of Flubber
as Defense Secretary's Assistant (uncredited)
20,000 Eyes
as Police Lieutenant
From the Terrace
as Partner (uncredited)
Cage of Evil
as Victor Delmar
Why Must I Die
as Charlie Munro
Valley of the Redwoods
as Capt. Sid Walker
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Husband - Circus Spectator
North by Northwest
as Larry Wade (uncredited)
The Rebel Set
as Lt. Cassidy
I, Mobster
as Senator
How to Make a Monster
as Gary Droz
Teenage Cave Man
as The Fire Maker
War of the Satellites
as Cole Hotchkiss
Death in Small Doses
as Frank Ainsley (uncredited)
Spook Chasers
as The Detective
The Giant Claw
as Gen. Van Buskirk
Footsteps in the Night
as Fred Horner
Kronos
as Air Force General
Hot Shots
as Pierre M. Morley
Dance with Me, Henry
as District Attorney Martin Proctor
Rumble on the Docks
as Judge
Indestructible Man
as Dr. Bradshaw
King of the Carnival
as Jess Carter
Double Jeopardy
as Mr. Ross
Murder Is My Beat
as Bert Rawley
Superman's Peril
as Inspector Henderson
Superman Flies Again
as Inspector Henderson
Superman and the Jungle Devil
as Inspector Henderson
Superman in Exile
as Inspector Henderson
Superman and Scotland Yard
as Inspector Henderson
The Desperado
as Attorney Wilson
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Conroy
Flight Nurse
as Surgeon
No Poster
Eyes of the Jungle
as Watson
The Neanderthal Man
as Prof. Clifford Groves
Invaders from Mars
as Dr. William Wilson
The Blue Gardenia
as Doctor (uncredited)
Prince of Pirates
as Prime Minister Treeg
Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Capt. Burke
Behind Southern Lines
The Ring
as Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
Without Warning!
as Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Indian Uprising
as Maj. Nathan Stark
Criminal Lawyer
as Clark Sommers
The Dakota Kid
as Ace Crandall
Missing Women
as Cincotta
Experiment Alcatraz
as Barry Morgan
Big Timber
as Dixon
When You're Smiling
as Jack Lacey
Federal Man
as Chief Agent Charles Stuart
State Penitentiary
as Stanley Brown
Rider from Tucson
as John Avery
Customs Agent
as West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
Dynamite Pass
as Jay Wingate
The Threat
as Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
Forgotten Women
as Richard Marshall
Loaded Pistols
as Don Mason
Let's Live a Little
as Dr. Richard Field
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Floyd Durant
Shaggy
as Bob Calvin
Best Man Wins
as Judge Leonidas K. Carter
The Inside Story
as T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
The Swordsman
as Ronald MacArden
The Spirit of West Point
as Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
Welcome Stranger
as Roy Chesley
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Mr. Gordon
Backlash
as James O'Neil
I Cover Big Town
as Chief Tom Blake
Wife Wanted
as Bill Tyler
Nobody Lives Forever
as Chet King
Behind the Mask
as Brad Thomas
I Ring Doorbells
as Dick Meadows
Three Strangers
as Bertram Fallon
The Face of Marble
as Dr. David Cochran
San Antonio
as Captain Morgan
Frontier Days
as Marshal Jim Blake
Christmas in Connecticut
as Dudley Beecham
Law of the Badlands
as Bob Tate
Hollywood Canteen
as Busboy (uncredited)
I Won't Play
as Chaplain aka 'Padre'
Make Your Own Bed
as Lester Knight
Trial by Trigger
as Bill Cardigan
Mr. Skeffington
as MacMahon
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Dan Costello
Roaring Guns
as Jared Whitney
Gun to Gun
as Steve Randall
Wagon Wheels West
as U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
Oklahoma Outlaws
as Ned Kincaid
Mission to Moscow
as Engineer (uncredited)
Wednesday's Child
as Howard Benson
Keep 'Em Rolling
as Maj. James Parker